In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the ...

Dictionary.com's latest winter word drop officially added "Swiftie" to its digital archive. The term joins fellow fandom identifiers like "Beyhive" (for Beyoncé fans), "Janeite" (for fans of Jane ...

It's not like it's a new word, but Dictionary.com has made it official: The word "Swiftie" was added to the website as part of its Fan Favorite Winter Word Drop 2026.

The story of an episode focused on the late Virginia Giuffre drawing 1.3 billion views was entirely fabricated.

We know the internet has transformed the encyclopedia. It’s now transforming the dictionary. For those of us who create and maintain data dictionaries, the implications are worth considering.

As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet. By Julia Carpenter There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when ...

“Vibe coding,” a form of software development that involves turning natural language into computer code by using artificial intelligence (AI), has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for ...

Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year serves as “a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year.” The site’s lexicographers analyzed the data, ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing "67" shouted randomly are far from over. Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen "67 ...

Dictionary.com has announced that “67” is its newest Word of the Year. This year, teachers and parents have been left confused by kids and teenagers using the term “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” not to ...

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